E box motifs as mediators of proviral latency of human retroviruses

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The palindromic sequence motifs (CANNTG) known as E boxes are considered as binding sites for the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) class of DNA-binding proteins. Their presence has been reported in the long terminal repeats (LTR) of the HIV-1 and HTLV-1 proviruses....

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Main Authors: Gazzolo Louis, Duc Dodon Madeleine, Calvignac Sébastien, Terme Jean-Michel, Jordan Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/6/1/81